Welcome to Blackpast

Welcome to BlackPast

This reference center with 7,637 posts is dedicated to providing information to the general public on African American history and the history of more than one billion people of African ancestry around the world.  We invite you to explore and use all the resources of BlackPast.

Explore African American History

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Albina Riot, Portland, Oregon (1967)
Herman Aladdin Barnett II (Find-a-grave)
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Herman Aladdin Barnett, III (1926-1973)
New York counties
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The African Insurance Company (1810-1813)
Daisey Lee Bates
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Daisy Lee Gatson Bates (1914-1999)

Explore Global African History

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Paula Marcela Moreno Zapata (1978- )
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Malcolm Gladwell (1963- )
Malou Hansson, Miss Sweden
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Malou Mercedes Hansson (1983- )
Paulette Nardal
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Paulette Nardal (1896-1985)

Perspectives in African American and Global African History

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Lewis G. Clarke: Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Forgotten Hero
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Beatrice Morrow Cannady and the Struggle for Civil Rights in Oregon, 1912-1936
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Collecting African American Art: From the Harlem Renaissance to the Obama Era
Manet Harrison
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Manet Harrison And Stephen Fowler: The First Black Power Couple?

Special Features & Resources

101 African American Firsts
Genealogy Resources
Major African American Office Holders since 1641
STEM Innovators

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